When the Portland Trail Blazers extended their lead over the Washington Wizards to 21 points in the third quarter, the game seemed out of reach. The Trail Blazers have been desperate for wins since the All-Star break, but they’d won their last four games. A win on Saturday would have brought them closer to reaching […]   Read More →

When the Portland Trail Blazers shipped Mason Plumlee to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for Jusuf Nurkic and a 2017 first-round pick, it seemed like they were waiving the the white flag in their playoff hunt. The Trail Blazers, then nine games below .500, were shipping their starting center to their top competitor for the […]   Read More →